The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1887-10-19
FALL RAtNG SPORT.
Once More thu Horses Are Flying.
Opening Of the Race Meeting Over
the Jockey Club Course.
Four Interesting Events, Including
a Fine steeplechase.
Magnificent Program For the First
Day'i Attractions
The Track Successfully Resists Evil
Effects Of the Rain.
Erebus, Cora L, Quotation and
Tennessee the Winners.
Four Promising Races on h Program
for Today's sport-Largely In
creased Attendance
Expected.

- ''i ii'tiink VI Wv gJ
club opened auspiciously yesterday, SO lar
IA the weather was involved, but the at
tendance was wholly unworthy Of the occa-
sion. The wet and threatening weather OF
Monday and Monday night had no doubt
something 10 do with the lack Of apprecia-
ton OF turf sport, and caused the slim at
tendance; and then the breaking down OF
the East End dummy line and its inability
10 carry passengers during the day added
TO the unfortunate result. The weather
was everything 10 be desired, cool and
bracing, a fresh, breezy day, with sunshine
and shadow chasing each other across the
heavens. The roads to the course were in
excellent order. and the track was every
thingto be desiredb by horsemen. The many
improvements on the grounds were oh.
seryablc. The track has been widened
and levelcd, the hill on the back
stretch, which had so often lost the
races To the %tleetest horses, has been cut
down TO u minimum grade, and the
necessary filling has been done at the up
per turn into the home stretch, 30 M to
prevent accidents in future. The grounds
generally have been improved and made
more attractive, the stands have under
gone alterations for the better, and the
clubhouse and grounds have been made
more beautiful.
The attendance Of strangers IL not as
large M was expected, but much OF this
can be accounted for by tho immense
crowds who visited Memphis during Prcsi-
dent Cleveland's reception, and who have
not M yet gotten over the fatigues or cx-
pense Of that very recent trip. Even tho
city people failed 10 turn out on the first,
or inaugural day, the threatening weather
and the accumulation Of business keeping
them away. Bnt, pf course, all this will
be changed dutna the week, and today
will, no doubt, Nng an attendance on the
grounds in keeping with the excellent
sport that will be presented; and
then. unless all signs fail, the
weather will be- delightful. Among
the improvements made was the
removal Of thr b0ok-makcrs' stalls from
that out Of the way shed at the west end
Of the puplic stands TO a place in front OF
the stands, a chunge which was n great
convenience to those who desired 10 tempt
the deccitiul jade, Fortune. There were
ten stalls located here, and presided over
respectively bye. II. G. & Co, J. j. Car
roll, J. VI. Bowling & Co, G. Reed, l..
Frederick & Co., u. NJ. Hogan q Co.,
j. barley Il Co., Hale & Shepard, Phil.
lips q Co, and Wm. Riley 4 Go.
by , o'clock the faint sounds Of n horn
wcrc heard in the distance, aud soOn came
~glllopisg down the drive 10 the clubhouse
lycsiirnt Montgomery iour-in-hand, pull
ins u "tnlly-ho' drag. Arnold's band nj
once struck mp a lively air, and u better
feeling prevailed nj once. The drag was
filled with ladies and gentlemen, who dis
mounted and TOOK possession Of tlfc club
house. The occupants were Mn. DOYLE,
Miss Mhoon. Miss llumcs, Hiss Lcidy,
Miss Montgomery, Mcssrs. &. 4. Cochran,
4. u. Jones, Charles VI. Hunt, :. W. Over
ton, NJ. 4. Cochran aud Col. III. 4. Mont
gnmcry, who held the ribbons. Amongthc
| other fair sex gnd gentlemen noticed nj the
/ clubhouse by the ArrEAL hurllc rice
society reporter wCnr the following
Mn. VIM. Katzcnbcgrr, Mrs. i. W. Falls,
Mr. !. y. Falls, Mn. r.. g.. Hancock,
Mn. j. q. McClintock, Ms. 7. j. Duly.
| Mn. W. 4. Dunayant, Mr.. VI. 4. BilluIr,
| IT,, Mrs. III Rowland, Miss Maggie Rogers.
Miss Nlcttic Hart, Miss Grace McClintock,
Miss T.. Maud Duffy, Miss Ella Dunnyant.
Miss i. Rowland, Mis- VI. Nowland, Capt.
ThuS. y. Tohin, Capt. III Rowland, Capt.
! &. H. Russell, Mr.. ]. y. Falls, Mr.. !. j.
/ Duffy. Mr.. q. Il. Page, Mir 4. VI. Cooke,
| Mr.. =. I. Walton, Mr.. Il. 4. kirkpatrick,
OF New York, Mr.. W. T.. Brown, MIR.
| Eugene Rowland.
The Judges II the day were John Over.
ton, IT,, -. II. T.. riUcr. II. A. Montgom.
| cry, whoSc place was som taken 10y Capt.
| Jack Chinn, q well known Kentucky
stock raiser.
The timers were Capt, James Franklin,
| II Gallatin. Tenn, aud Mr.. :. u. Mont
gumcry. who was after awhile replaced by
| Mr.. VI. n. katzcnbcusrr.
The starter WIS Capt II. Woodruff.
II was nearly > o'clock when the bell
tapped announcing the opening contest.
iulsr E,uE.
The opening contest was the John u.
| Adams Introductory scramble. Tor al ages.
pursc $3.50. IT which 50 Ia second. etc:
| distance six urlongs. The entries wcrc
Errhus. ridden hy 1. Gcflnrly: Pearl Ien.
ninrs. hy Fuller. lrstus. los Walls: Jim
Mack, hy Hemingway, nuhme, by Hollis,
and Col. Owens, 10y Walker,
II wnR a PRETTY race, although the result
WIS "A fnurgunc runrlusiun from the start.
Ercbus got the lad NJ The tap u the drum.
closely followed ~ Cot Owens. Fcstus.
Duhmr, Pearl lennings aud jim Mack in
the uricr givcus
Their wrrc soincl changes ~ the hone.
r,achcd the haf mil poe, Pearl ]Icnning.
bcing IN the iead with Errhus q close
Second. Fcstutl tiirl and Cal Owens
fourth, the oihpfs Strung out. Up the hill
tn the thrrc-quutof post the pace told ON
the mf,,rs. mdd,e linc increased in length
as Er,bus pushed n the front. setting The
p,cr. Duhmc taking second place. with
frsius third, whllr CO.. Overs dropped
hack io fourth position 4 rush around
the turn did not scgm 10 change positions
materially, hut es The flyers entered the
home stretch trbus still retained the
lead. Pearl Jcnninrl made % dash inr the
hnsi place. hut the pace ~ EuphrR wait %
much Tor the Pearl aud she had tu hp stt.
isGrd with nccond place. Down the homo
sir,tch Col. Owens gnt thirl place. pghmc
inurih. Ecstus ffh and lim NIHrk skill.
and In which positions they passed.. aided
with whip aud spur, under the string.
| Er,lus winning by two lengths over Pearl
Jennings. 1%imc-llNl
srroSn r,cr.
TIN, succeeding event WIS ipr q puis, Of
$3.50. of which 80 TO SECOND, Tor thaV
ycar ollsnud upwrrl, distance Sis n]lt'ul-.
I'M" ,ntrict anil rider, wen, Oh, follow.
/ Cl,,rl Ly Tompkms, Cora T.. hy Walker
/ I,W. A. fy Hollis Jim Nave. hy Watson
/ biz Thrrc, By Matthews, stove Jerome, by